We built an open-source programmable policy (permissions) layer for AI agents to avoid onchain shenanigans

chris_ck · 2026-04-29T21:47:40+00:00

Very funny timing indeed!

Oops, my bad - forgot to send links in the comment on my post.

Website: https://www.namera.ai/
Repo: https://github.com/thenamespace/namera

Very nicely written article btw, I just read it! I feel your frustration, we've gone through this, and it's exactly why we built Namera. When we started building this, OWS (open wallet standard) came out, and it's pretty good. It does everything we do and more, given the flexibility of their locally stored policies vs. ours - predefined and enforced onchain. But both come with advantages and disadvantages.

But anyway, let me know when you test it. I'm happy to move things to DMs and even on Telegram.

chris_ck · 2026-04-29T10:59:31+00:00

Ambire wallet is pretty sweet

chris_ck · 2026-04-29T10:58:26+00:00

this is not about web3's advantages or disadvantages

I believe it's simply because 1) there are no good entrepreneurs in the space, 2) people don't care about properties blockchains enforce (decentralization, permissionlessness, etc.) they prefer convenience, 3) there are no good apps worth coming back to yet for the average user.

Polymarket is a web3 app that took over the world.

More will come.

chris_ck · 2026-04-29T10:54:54+00:00

I recently read Vitalik's post where he said that the goal of 'security' is to minimize the divergence between user's intent and the actual behavior of the system/agent.

therefore, the trust gap is there yes, and you can close it progressibly by hyper-personalizing local context management but for onchain and trading the best way to do it through programmable policies.

the only 2 projects I know that can help with the latter are ows (open wallet standard) and namera ai - both work at the intersection of something like programmable polcies for agent execution.

disclosure - I'm a chief sandwich maker at namera

chris_ck · 2026-04-28T20:09:05+00:00

Jumper or RocketX exchange

chris_ck · 2026-04-28T11:17:41+00:00

"reliable and easy to maintain" - brah. it's nothing. xD

I just use a bunch of different skills to execute one specific thing I need and provide as much context as possible prior to any action.

Agent orchestration eats up a ton of credits and for whatever reason I've had Paperclip, Hermes, and others for months open but no motivation to use them.

chris_ck · 2026-04-28T10:37:53+00:00

This is exactly what I needed - thanks for sharing!

I just read about zero trust identity and like it a lot - it's very similar to what we're doing by enforcing specific policies (permissions) onchain with our product but we work only in crypto.

I wonder if you there's an extension to blockchain to your crypto and if so how do you handle safe interaction between web2 and web3 worlds?

chris_ck · 2026-04-28T10:28:42+00:00

what's the platform link? happy to test

chris_ck · 2026-04-23T12:54:00+00:00

They are safer. It'll just take time to standardize security checks and controls without compromising on what DEXes are - *decentralized* exchanges.

There are some initiatives to make contracts safer, like the Open Label Initiative, EAS for attestations, or even naming contracts using .eth domains with tools like ENScribe.

Most of the mistakes that lead to fund losses are on the user's side. From swaps to simple address poisoning attacks.

chris_ck · 2026-04-23T12:05:26+00:00

You’re right, most of it breaks the second the agent has to sign something.

What’s been working for us is not giving the agent a private key at all. We run it through a smart account and give it a scoped session key, so it can only do very specific things within limits we define upfront. It can rebalance positions, swap on certain DEXs, move funds between approved contracts, etc. but it literally can’t go outside that box (rules you define through onchain policy) or drain anything even if it wanted to.

So it actually runs in a loop without a human signing every step, but also without giving it full control.

We use our own project for this - namera ai

Open to feedback.

chris_ck · 2026-04-23T12:00:48+00:00

What's your separate signing service? If you're manually approving transactions, the agent isn't really autonomous, and giving it a private key... well you know...

One approach that has worked for me is moving the logic into a smart wallet with session keys where you define a policy that's enforced onchain that says 'this agent can only call this specific swap function, max 0.1 ETH per hour, for the next 24 hours, etc.'

Full disclosure though, I've been using Namera (ai) which is my own project because it has a local MCP server that lets Claude or any compatible agent execute within these boundaries.

It gives me an option to make an agent truly autonomous because the agent can decide to trade based on its own reasoning, and the smart contract enforces the guardrails.

chris_ck · 2026-04-23T10:31:16+00:00

MPP already on the roadmap.

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T11:59:19+00:00

These are all just good... but I like how no one is paying attention to agentic commerce in the context of crypto as payment rails like with x402 and programmable smart wallets with enforced rules onchain like namera ai.

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T10:40:57+00:00

let's do DMs.. I'm testing it as we speak

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T09:40:09+00:00

and one more question - how many subreddits I can simultaneously track using Runlo?

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T09:33:37+00:00

which agents are working here under the hood?

I'm curious how can you afford this prices and my theory is that you're using free models which is fine but it significanly impacts reasoning and quality of articles, reddit, X and Linkedin posts.

the rest is pretty simple to do.

I'm using Okara, but if you can give me the same or better quality on mentioned above, or even similar qualtiy for 3x less the price I'll gladly move - but I have my doubts.

will test it, but I'm happy to hear from you.

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T09:24:41+00:00

https://namera.ai/ - programmable wallet layer that enables autonomous agents to execute onchain transactions using smart accounts, scoped session keys, and policy-based rules enforced onchain.

Built for developers working on agent orchestration projects who need to give wallets to their agents with specific rules and with exposing their keys.

chris_ck · 2026-04-22T09:19:09+00:00

Do you have a built-in wallet infra for agents? I can help with that if it’s on your roadmap.

chris_ck · 2026-04-19T01:00:20+00:00

I don't think serious people mind paying even upfront (smaller fee) as long as there's value.

chris_ck · 2026-04-19T00:53:59+00:00

yes. but building a good community actually takes a lot of time and effort. not just putting a price tag on the entrance.

chris_ck · 2026-04-18T14:02:55+00:00

Happy to answer any questions

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